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A few years ago, in 2009 and 2010, a string of unexplained floods and unusually high tides struck the East Coast. There was no easy explanation. No hurricane. No winter storm. But the waters kept spilling across the shoreline — from North Carolina's Cape Hatteras to Canada. The cause of that phenomenon may have finally been found. Sea levels from New York to Newfoundland were undergoing an "extreme" surge unlike any other in recorded history, according to a study in Nature Communications published last week. Oceans along the East Coast rose roughly 4 inches between 2009 and 2010 in a rapid spike that researchers called "unprecedented" and "very...

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